David John "Dave" Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American television and film actor who is best known for his roles in the films 21 Jump Street, Charlie St. Cloud, Fright Night and Now You See Me, and on the series Scrubs. He is the younger brother of actor James Franco.
Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, the son of Betsy (née Verne), a poet, author and editor, and Doug Franco (1948–2011), who met as students at Stanford University. His maternal grandmother, Mitzi Levine Verne, runs the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland. Franco's father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent and Franco's mother is Jewish (a descendant of immigrants from Russia). Dave grew up in California with his two brothers, Tom Franco and James Franco. In April 2012, Shalom Life ranked him and his brother, James, Number 2 on its list of “the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world."
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